Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1948 — Page 1

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Russians Call U.S.

Vote ‘Blow at

Molotov Hurls Blast at GOP

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1948

Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Daily -

Citizens Ready To Sue Over Air Pollution

Utility Told to Draft Abatement Plans

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Ground Broken The Citizens Gas & Coke Utility

i . . must announce positive plans tor F or $5 Million eliminating the “purple homes”

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Dewey Blames

Forrestal Drops Hint Of Resigning Post

Failed to Take

Leadership

“i Reds Mark 31st Year

tion by residents in the vicinity of the Prospect St. gas plant.

menace or face possible court ac-| Housing Project Stay-at-Home GROUND HAS been broken for|

Active Part In|

a $5 million residential develop-

I Of Bolshevik Revolt

LONDON, Nov. 6 (UP)—Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov of Russia tonight interpreted the, American vote last Tuesday as a mandate of the people rejecting] the policy of aggression which he accused the U. S. government of developing. - Although Mr. Molotov charged

Last night, a group of indig- ment on College Ave. opposite, | | nant citizens living in the vicinity Williams Creek by Atkinson &| | § of the plant voted to send a com-|Co., realtors and developers. {1

mittee of fact finders directly to; Covering two-thirds of a mile, | 3 5 | § the gas utility office. the 96-acre project is expected to| Overconfidence Cited | 1 I & They vowed if they did not ob-|include 150 homes, as least 50 to . . Py tain Lh assurance that al- be completed in 1949. The site| By Losing Candidate leged air pollution is ended at|is north of Indiana School for/ ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 6 (UP)—| : the plant they would join in giingithe Bima. d purchased by| GOV: Thomas E. Dewey said to-| leivil action against the utility.| e ground was | sby. that-5 major Latter in his| Simultaneously, Robert L. Wolf, the Atkinson firm, owned by W. Ca¥

Truman Race |

President Leaves for Key West Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Nov. 6

| (UP) — Defense Secretary,

that the U. 8. was “trying to unl¢ash another war,” his heaviest

Linton Atkinson and Warren M. defeat for the presidency was city combustion engineer, said he ATKINSON, PRrinere.

|James Forrestal indicated to« |day he is on his way out of

fire was trained on the now defeated Republican leadership. Some political quarters here saw a possibility that Mr. Molotov’s speech could be interpreted as an oblique invitation to President Truman to make new overtures to Russia for a settlement of the cold war. Rings With Cheers” Mr. Molotov was the chief speaker at the celebration by the elite of communism of the 31st aniversary of the Bolshevik revo-

| {may be forced to file charges o Se |overconfidence which! kept be.) {malfeasance of office against the! gry ERS were daughters and tween 2 million and 3 million] utility’s directors if they continue

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heirs of the late Hugh McGowan, Republicans from the polls. to remain silent on air pollution one time Indianapolis street rail-| Gov. Dewey, who said he exabatement plans. |ways system president. They are pects to continue to play a major Officials Reply Mrs. Isabel McGowan Schiotz- | part in shaping Republican poliMeanwhile, utility officials re- Baer, ders JSiansss McGowan cies, said a study of the Tele : amsdell and Lady Louise Mc-|of Tuesday's presidential election Plisd today thal 4) Hhilion init owan Boulton of London, Eng.|gjscloses the WEE angle. outlay would be needed 10 Drovide, ' ye yomes 10 be erected Mpc sais he stil #8 satisfied tnat corrective measures for the diffi- Nord School District, will be CO- he conducted his campaign on the culty, and large sums each year lonial type. They will be united right plane. : for operation of new equipment. into a village similar to Sher-

| hi ised by the “Sources of these funds would wood Village at 71st St. and Col-| 1 am very surprised by

MAY QUIT POST—Defense Secretary Forrestal dropped a hint to reporters today during a visit to the White House that | he is "on his way out." ” = :

6 Killed, 50 Hurt

lution. . The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow,

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have to be a charge on the operat- |lege Ave., and Canterbury Addiing expenses.and will reflect itself tion between Carvel and Crest-

{very low vote and it appears oat Trolle Crash |between 2 million and 3 million]

Republicans stayed home out of

| u » . President Truman's cabinet.

| Mr. Forrestal was one of three cabinet members: on Mr, |Truman’s calling list today. He {dropped his hint as he entered [the President’s office. Photographers asked Mr. Fore restal—who was not active in supporting Mr. Truman's came paign—if he would pose for pice tures in the President's office. “We are starting another four years, you know,” a photographer said. “Yes, but not for me; Mr. For«

where they met, rang with cheers in the cost of goa IR ihe WainsA Ten hve an Atiingon & Co. overconfidence,” the twice-de- Tragedy Mars Reunion |restal sald with a grin. for the Foreign Minister, whose {Morgan Scherer, u YP A fested candidate for President of C ad Voce A peech was broadcast. lations director said. Lo anada 8 wi Clarence McPherson, president TORONTO. Nov. 6 (UP)—A| The parade of cabinet officers Only last week Premier Josef CONTEST WINNER—Evan Whallen (above), 25, of Akron, Mo. Dewey. sxpiainel that a Nev. Stalin accused the present leaders

of the U. §. of trying to unleash Ind., a student at the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, N. Y.,

of the Woodside Civic League, | who conducted the protest meet-|

change of 67,000 votes in any of

'happy reunion of Canadian war|t0 Mr. Truman's office took place

amid speculation that Mr. True

| eterans of two regiments turned : i i i : th-| the key states—Ohio, Illinois or) ¥ |man is about to reshuffle his A oo polo was 18 Winngr of fre Prilateiotis Qrehasie Young Cortasion pr BE in| : California—could have changed into pagaly today hey - bus | abinet. Speculation was that he n hailed the election of Mr. Truman| talent contest... odist re , idikan would |} raze | er the results, but that the Demo- in Which they were riding from a may ease out some members who and his Democrat cohorts, and touch with an attorney ot cratic sweep assured their control|8ay party at the Top Hat Club] 2 t Bit y said: Push Quiz of Co-Worker |= ins aeons con of Congress crashed head-on into p crowded (0fl 10 Support him : t pe i is. The attorney aske . iid { : P The Hine he Bera hear Hingent bane. that residents hire Rakes Street With Fingering a pile of telegrams, Sito car, killing six and injuring, + were Navy Secretary John L. arty . . . .

Dewey, who came to the elections

® with openly reactionary and most, In Brooks Ambush Slaying

aggressive proposals, shows that) the majority of the American people reject that program. | ‘Oppose Aggression’ | “The failure of the Republican

analyze the dis- : il Bly which is Bullets; Slays Self cially pleased at the reaction of alleged to have turned houses| CHESTER, Pa. Nov. 6 (UP)— the youth of the country. He said purple and caused nausea among A crazed killer shot seven per-telegrams had been received from home owners. {sons to death and wounded four students in colleges and high The fact-finding delegation, others today, sniping wildly atischools all over the country composed of John Skinner, Ralph police and passersby from a bar- praising him for the campaign Neal, Mrs. G. E. Truebaugh and ricgded second-floor room.

the Governor said he was espe-

Suspect Arrested, Charged With Vagrancy

After 8 Hours of Question-Answer Session Police questioned a 27-year-old fellow employee again today in

ve ca.

One of the dead was a pedes-

trian whom the bus driver, Frank Rowe, 23, of Hamilton, Ont., was trying. to avoid hitting when the

hicle swerved into the street r. Three others wergffrom Hamil-

Party shows that a great major- the-Wednesday night ambush slaying of James Kelly Brooks.

land asking him to “keep up the

ton, destination of the bus. None|

Sullivan, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Mr, Sullivan is not a cabinet meme | ber. Mr. Forrestal told newsmen he came in for a “general discussion

{of world affairs and the military

ity of Americans are against the The suspect was arrested on a policy of aggression as-expressed eight hours of questioning. by the Republican Party’s propa- He was identified by police as ganda.” and fight with Mr. Brooks, 27, of He said Mr. Stalin’s interview Oet. 29, at Kingan & Co, where! with Pravda last week should both were employed. “show the way of the peace-lov-ing peoples to crush all anti- son tests today of a bullet taken Soviet intrigues which are going from Brooks’ body and. another ”»

a block from the scene of the

| - Police also eontinued «ma 0fENSE Against bullet fired from a gun reported vealed stolen from an automobile parked

vagrancy charge last night after c.—J. Keller,

the man involved in an argument 1201 Fletcher Ave., Friday night,

announced they, The demented assailant turned fight.” would attempt to make an ap-|the gun on himself as police, | Has Definite Ideas pointment for a meeting with armed with sub-machine guns. Mr. Dewey said he is ready to Dean Burns, assistant gencral [teak go and shotguns, 2ig-zagsed assume responsibilities as titular f e u , Some | ape 0 next why ‘ [nis lair. leader of the GOP and that he Mr. Wolf told the group he| He was dead when police broke/has some definite ideas on nation. would be glad to accompany them into the room. al issues. He added that he into the utility offices. The dead were mostly bystand- tends to withhold his suggestion Mr. Wolf said he had asked the ers. for strengthening the Republican utility to announce some plans of | corrective action yesterday after-|

| | Slays Driver First Party until he has a chance to| Two of the wounded were re- confer with other GOP leaders. |

situation.” was jentitel immediately. “Is there any question of yous Tih Sows wal in critical condl-| yogionation?” he was asked.

Joseph's Hospital, “uppe president has had my where all the injured were taken. ocionation on his desk ever sinc

* ‘Loaded With Workers " . * The bus had gone only about a 1 took office, he replied, half mile from the club with the Discuss Naval Policy veterans and their wives when it| Mr. Sullivan sald after his rammed the trolley, which was Meeting with Mr. Truman he did loaded with workers. | not tender his resignation and Alec Faseuk, of Toronto, who, 414, not plan to. was in the rear of the trolley, e President wanted to dis

| . ight carry them Ported in critical condition, in-| Mr. Dewey will leave tomorrow |cuss naval policy and express his |slaying. Lic. Detector. Meat Electrical Device Joon Son igh! ¢ utility of-| cluding one woman who was not for two weeks vacation at Tucson, | 40 he a. T a terific craspn appreciation for what I had done Mr. Brooks, father of a 14- Filters Fumes ficials had not done so. expected to live. |Ariz. He will be accompanied by| 0") "0 thrown to the floor. |\0 the campaign,” Mr. Sullivan

month-old boy, was shot through the heart a few blocks from his

Glenns Valley Man Electrocuted fi tates:

{An Indiana University professor

CINCINNATI, Nov. 6 (UP) —

Police identified the killer as Mrs. Dewey, their two sons,

To Give 72 Hours Melvin Collins, 38, who came to Thomas Jr. 16, and Johnny, 13;

As a consequence, he said, he Chester only one week ago from Mr. and Mrs. Roger Straus and|2® Injured passengers lay on the

IMr. and Mrs. H. T. Hogan and

said. * White . House pss secretary Charles G. Ross would not cone

Mr. Faseuk said panic followed

floor of the street car. ~

Grocer Touches O'Neal said today a lie detector {ii oi device could be used tol|lY 72 hours in which to announce

Fallen Light Wires Jlast Stun Dye few Worker void deadly, smogs like that avin for correcting air A Greenwood grocer was elec-| Je said the man at first de- Which killed 19 persons in Do- Pollution.

trocuted today at Glenns Valley npjeq a fight with Mr. Brooks, but nora, Pa., last week. | “If they do not make commit-

| -| Virginia. Chief of Detectives John J.'sajd today that a simple elec-|intends to give them approximate gin

Fred Casino was believed to their 12-year-old.son, Jack. have been the first victim of| nat gun-crazed assailant. Police

* . said he was shot several umes Occasional Rain

{in the chest, apparently when the

firm or deny. reports that a cab inet shake-up is pending. He was asked about speculae tion that Chief Justice Fred M.

Repairs to Close p Vinson may become Secretary of

Predicted Today

» | towhen he attempted to remove later admitted it when police con- Frank or. ments in that time,” he declared, Killer commandeered his auto

. | State. Ite olse oon “I have no comment on Chief | Justice Vinson or on any other

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: ! The professor, Dr. ph mobile. | y fallen light wires from the drive- fronted him with statements of Gucker Jr., ' said the device | 1 feel it is we Weak Collins then apparently drove) LOCAL TEMPERATURES person named in speculation for way of the house he was con- witnesses. |known as’ the Cottreell precipi- Mayor Feeney an e y he h flv. lated tion, 6 a.m... 48 10 a.m... 50 " ; » , | n precipi- in action to re- to the heavily-populated section, 1 Trumans May Use any cabinet post,” he said. verting into a store. The worker also admitted pul- tator, filters factory fumes. cil to support me in action (where the one-man massacre oc-| 18 Mm... 40 Ila. m...5 y Mr: Ross dropped a hint, howe Trinton Sanders, about 52, was ling a pocket knife on Mr.| Dr Gucker said the smog fre-(move the“utility's hoard of Qi-l,, 4 "with Casino's body on the, - 3 8 M... 50 12 ‘Noon). 52 Blair Mansion . pp , i 5 { f office.” |CurTed, § y 1 52 ever, that Mr. Sullivan is not shocked fatally when he touched Brooks during a scuffle after pre- quently found in industrial areas rectors for malfeasance o [front seat beside him. 9a m... 50 p. m... : leaving | the wires after they had fallen to viously denying it, Chief O'Neal | comes when water vapor con- “I established conclusive evi-| minor WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UP)— C . 8 J the ground. The wires had been gaiq. denses upon particles of dust and dence of air pollution by the plant The Indianapolis Wegther Bu-|The White House will be closed ommerce Secretary Charles

on a pole supported by a tree, - which a group of tree-trimmers several blocks from the Brooks'| had cut down. |residence, maintains he was home He is survived by his wife, MIS. in bed at the time of the slaying

Ella Jane Sanders; a daughter, shortly after 8:45 p. m., police Mrs. John Beeman; two grand-|ggiq.

children; a brother, Samuel Question Relatives

Sanders, Indianapolis, and a| Police also planned additional] sister, Miss Dixie Sanders, of Ken- questioning of relatives of the

tucky. slain man Monday upon their re-

are known as aerosols. ‘May Be Removed’ “These aerosols may be re-

{moved rapidly and completely,” gineer and it is my responsibility |he said, “by means of a high|to do something about it.”

voltage electric discharge, which charges the individual particles

land draws them over to one of]

The fellow employee, who lives smoke in the air. These particles|the first of the year,” Mr. woit, Proves North St. reau predicted occaSional drizzles|

declared. “I believe my evidence]

. . . would stand up in court. vou|ls No Pimlico people have air pollution down A runaway wagon horse made a here. I am an air pollution en-| 0" 0 out of W. North St. lat 7:30 a. m. today, injuring a 10-

; a year-old boy and causing panic| Charge ‘Stalling among early morning passers-by. The thermometer will drop to!

Meanwhile, charges that the| mo'yorse rented from the Jim|i0 tonight, rising to 56 degrees utility has been ‘stalling’ on the | milter barn, 210 Blake St. by tomorrow, which will be fair.

for today, with clearing weather toward nightfall. | Wind and- cooler temperatures | are expected to accompany the! rain. Today's high was set at 55] degrees. :

Sawyer said after his conference with Mr. Truman that “not a word” was said about resignae ions.

“immediately” to all sight-seeing and social events for extensive repairs to the 150-year-old historic structure, it was announced today. Truman -Off-Tomorrow - It was assumed that President| The chief executive leaves for and Mrs. Truman and their| Key West by plane tomorrow, acdaughter, Margaret, also would| companied by several members of move from the White House. jhe White House staff. It will be Mrs. James Helm, White House his first extended vacation since social

[the electrodes where they are de- {Problem of correcting alleged air

Burk E. William, 39, of 755 W.

secretary, made the an-|!a8t February.

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re turn from Scottsville, Ky., where Urge Stassen Rebuild [funeral services for Mr. Brooks

were held today. | Plans to send Detective Sgt. {Harold Goodman and State | Trooper Jack Hester to the South central Kentucky town were laid | |aside temporarily until members {of the family return. Questioning] {will continue in an effort to shed {light on any enemies of Mr. Brooks here or in Kentucky. | | Floyd Pursley, 1422 Laurel St., {reported yesterday that a 38|caliber revolver—of the type with {which Mr. Brooks was slain—was stolen from the glove compartment of his car some time between Sunday and Thursday while it was parked in front of 721! Grove St. { Mr. Pursley’s revolver had pre-| viously been registered at the| Police Department where a test! shot had been fired and the bullet | slug kept. Tests. of this slug and the one taken from Mr. Brooks’ body will continue for several days, since the latter bullet is in la damaged condition. |

‘Liberal’ GOP for ’52 WASHINGTON, Nov: 6 (UP)— Influential Republicans are urging Harold E. Stassen to rebuild the GOP along more liberal lines with an eye on the 1952 presidential race, it was learned today. Mr. Stassen, who was defeated for the party’s nomination in June by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, has been swamped with letters, telegrams and telephone calls at the University of Pennsylvania where he is now president. ’

Appoint Bailiff Appointment of Mrs. Lenora Montani Campbell, 444 Harvard Pl, as bailiff of Superior Court 4 was announced today by Judge Walter Pritchard.

Drop O'Neill Contract DETROIT, Nov. 6 (UP)—The Detroit Tigers announced today that the contract of Manager Steve O'Neill would not be_renewed for the 1949 season.

for : Outstanding

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Washington Ponders

Barkley Hostess Status WASHINGTON, Nov. 68 (UP)— Washington society is wondering who will act as hostess for Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, a widower. But/the ‘Kentuckian isn’t saying. “That's a personal matter,” he

smile, “there are several applicants, though.” yeti Employees Reject Union RICHMOND, Nov. 6 (UP)—| Employees of the Richmond plant of the Perfect Circle Corp. have| failed -a second time to approve! the CIO United Auto Workers as collective bargaining agent. Company Counsel J. C. Hoffman announced today that union affiliation was voted down 86 to 77, two weeks after a tie vote in the first election,

posited.” Dr. Gucker, who during the, war helped develop sensitive] electric-eye instruments for de-| tecting and measuring small par-| ticles afloat in-the air, said such! an arrangement would deppsit| tons of material in a day. He raised the possibility that | cleansing the air of dust and| smoke particles might have even more far-reaching results. “No fog or rain at all might form in an atmosphere which! was completely free of dust,” Dr. Gucker said. |

Polls Called ‘Menace’ | To Free Elections ?

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UP)—! Rep. Sid Simpson (R. Ill.) will introduce a bill in the new Congress to prevent pollsters from predict- | ing the outcome of federal elections. “In view of what happened Tuesday,” he said, “I don’t think the Democratic Congress would disapprove it or that it would draw President Truman's veto.” | Rep. Sirhpson said the bill spe-| cifically would forbid use of the mails to public opinion polls on! political races. Despite their, showing on Tuesday's election, he said, polls are a “menace” to free elections because “they tend to! create a bandwagon psychology | for the undecided voter.”

Injured in Blast Charles Mitchell, 23, of 1328 Central Ave., suffered burns about the face and- ar cut on his right hand today when an oil stove exploded in-a parking lot office at

|135 W, OMio St. A fire squad gave

first aid to the injured man. |

Good Reception Seen | By Science Service | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—Short- | wave radio broadcasts will come through clearly for the next week,

jine National Bureau of Stand-

ards here predicts..

pollution were hurled by members North St., was frightened by traf- Reports Purse Taken

nouncement. 1719 She said she could not -elaborBroadway, reported to police|3te on what “immediately” meant, appoint a committee to go before z47 Douglas St. riding on the last night that two boys, ages but indicated it meant after toutility officials Mr. McPherson Ié-\wagon, was thrown off when itlabout 16 and 19, snatched her(d2%. ceived six refusals to serve be-|giryck a truck in front of 741 W.|purse and ran as she was walking ”; as been speculated that the fore filling the four-member| North St. The youth was-taken in the 1600 block an College Ave. Presidential family would move group. Thirty-eight persons at-|i; General Hospital for treatment There was no money in the purse, 2Crpss Pennsylvania Ave. to the

tended the meeting. |and released. Ishe said. EJ = » —

of the group. {fic and bolted.

Mrs. Georgia Wilson, However, when it came time to| A boy, Chester Nurkes Taylor,

(to house visiting dignitaries. | Long condemned as a fire trap, |the White House recently under|went a thorough survey of its structural weaknesses by engiineers dnd architects, Cancel Social Season Mrs. Helm said that it is the “considered opinion of these architects and engineers that extensive repairs must be made to assure the safety of the building.” W. E. Reynolds, public buildings commissioner, testified before the last Congress that the White House was ‘the greatest fire trap in the nation.” He said the building “as a matter of fact, was standing up by habit only.” Closing of the White House probably means cancellation of a brilliant social season. Even if the usual balls, receptions and formal dinners are held elsewhere, the glamour of the his{toric mansion will be gone. Congress still will have to apL (prove the bill for White House repairs. A bill calling for $1,650,000 to remodel the White House was shelved during the last Congress despite Mr. Reynolds’ testimony.

Man Stabbed 3 Times

In Downtown Tavern A 37-year-old man was in critical condition at General Hospital today after being stabbed last night in a downtown tavern. Police are holding the wife, Mrs. Mary Skillern, 28, of 1118 8. Illinois St, on a vagracy charge. Officers said she admitted stabbing her husband, James Skillern in the chest, throat and forearm

INDIGNANT — These men are four of the group which met last night to protest. air pollution by the Prospect St. plant of Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. Clarence L. McPherson (left) chairman of the.Woodside Civic League, conducted the meeting. Others (left to right) are W. R. Pence Sr., league secretary: Maurice Thompson,

While in Florida, the President and his advisers will give some thought to various legislative proe posals, including a new anti-ine |flation program. | The price bill, it was said, will include many of the recommenda-~ [tions which the Republican-cone

lair House, which has been used trolled Congress rejected.

With the President in Florida will be Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley whose major job-will be to “sell” congressional leaders on Mr. Truman's legislative prose gram.

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Japanese Hanged For War Atrocities’ TOKYO, Nov, 6 (UP) —Two Japanese war criminals - were

hanged at dawn today for mise [treating prisoners of war. | They were former Lt. Masco Nichizawa and former Sgt. Takao Shibano, convicted by Yokohama |military commissions of yiolating [the laws and customs of war.

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